nate | 2019-06-25 02:52:36 UTC | #1 If you're using an Epson scanner to scan your color or black and white film negatives, chances are that your scanner came with the "Epson Scan" software. (If not you can always download it along with the drivers you need from the Epson website for your particular Epson scanner, like this [Epson V600 downloads page](https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/Perfection-Series/Epson-Perfection-V600-Photo/s/SPT_B11B198011#drivers).) **While Epson Scan can do a good job working with your scanner to capture the underlying film negative, you may have found that there are some MAJOR headaches with a workflow that fully relies on Epson Scan:** * **The "Edit > Scan > Wait" cycle sucks.** Having to edit and adjust each image preview before capture is exactly the WRONG way to be doing it. It's so much more efficient and more enjoyable to capture all of the underlying image first, and then be able to edit your negatives as a group anytime you want. * **Once you hit that "scan" button, there's no going back.** Any conversion or edits you make in Epson Scan are destructive... once you hit that "scan" button, if you later decide you want to go back and change the underlying settings, you would need to drag out that negative and re-scan it. That's the last thing you want to do when you are scanning 100s of film negatives. * **The software and UI are outdated and difficult to use** - The original Epson Scan came out 17 years ago (and the latest update is already 5 years old). You want to spend as little time in this utility as possible! BUT again, the underlying scans of the negative are perfectly good. (Also, it has the best Digital ICE integration I've seen for Epson scanners - even better than Vuescan's implementation). **So our goal is use Epson Scan to get an untouched, unconverted scan of the negative. And then we will use the Negative Lab Pro plugin in Lightroom for converting and editing the negative.** This way, you can separate the tasks of scanning the film and editing the film, all your edits can easily be updated in the future because they are non-destructive, and you can get much better colors and tones out of your film scans. So let's jump in... --- *There is more than one way to do this in Epson Scan (and later in Negative Lab Pro), so I'll give you a few options along with things to consider.* ## METHOD 1: No Color Correction (but no ICE, either) In Epson Scan, it's possible to tell the software that you are scanning Positive Slide Film (so it doesn't try to convert the negative) and then simply turn off all color corrections. This will give you an uncorrected and un-inverted scan of the negative (exactly what we wanted!). *Before you do this, though, you should know that there are two downsides to this method:* * **With this method, you cannot use Digital ICE**. This is big downside, as the Digital ICE in Epson Scan quite good - the best I've seen for Epson scanners. * **There's no way to adjust the exposure.** Most of the time, this shouldn't be a problem, but in some situations, it could make editing later a tad more difficult. OK, with those limitations in mind, let's begin... --- 1 Set the Mode to "**Professional Mode**" 2 Set Document Type to "**Film**" (if available) and Film Type to "**Positive Film**" 3 Set the Destination Image Type to **48-bit color** (if working with black and white, this can be set to 16-bit Grayscale) ![epson%20scan%20-%20initial%20settings|553x500,75%](upload://gj0O0gyhuOARjvnMl1Cjb1rUQNH.png) Next, click the **Configuration** button at the bottom of the panel. ![epson%20scan%20configuration|690x241,50%](upload://uzoD8Mco6H48dFj2RCbCp8Auvir.png) In the configuration panel, select **"No Color Correction"** and then click "**OK**" ![epson%20scan%20-%20no%20color%20correction|579x500,75%](upload://cb54rooXBZEzq35Ik5y5X5ucDWJ.png) **Almost there!** From here, make sure your **crop** is where you want it to be. Then when you go to begin the scan, you should see the "**File Save Settings**" dialog below (if not, you can hit the folder icon just to the right of the "scan" button). **Set the type to "**TIFF**". Then, make sure "Embed ICC Profile" is turned off.** If not, you can go into the options and turn it off. ![epson%20scan%20-%20file%20save%20settings|482x500,75%](upload://Al0kmqFQx5TDNVqFnWowgJ3YacG.png) After you scan, import your scan into Lightroom and open [Negative Lab Pro](https://www.negativelabpro.com). It should look something like this: ![Epson%20Scan%20%20%20Negative%20Lab%20Pro%20-%20convert|687x500](upload://Ao4w0TvXpW6G6rrJ8rkEJBQ92ly.jpeg) Make sure your source is set to "**TIFF/JPEG Scan**". Adjust the other settings as you wish (you can learn more in the [Negative Lab Pro guide](https://www.negativelabpro.com/guide), and hit convert. Negative Lab Pro will analyze the negative and non-destructively set the Lightroom settings for you. You can then continue to edit in Negative Lab Pro. ![Epson%20Scan%20%20%20Negative%20Lab%20Pro%20-%20edit|690x498](upload://uaDRFLEXVoOs9m0SeA9FVxmYxGb.jpeg) That's it! You can save these settings in Epson Scan as "Uncorrected Color Negative" (or whatever name you wish to give it) so that you can easily apply these settings to future images. --- ## METHOD 2 - Manually Creating a Neutral Negative (with Digital ICE enabled!) For me, being able to use digital ICE is an absolute must, so METHOD 1 is a no-go. Fortunately, this is not that difficult to do. **You begin with the same base setup:** ![epson%20scan%20-%20initial%20settings|553x500,75%](upload://gj0O0gyhuOARjvnMl1Cjb1rUQNH.png) Then hit the "configuration" button. ![epson%20scan%20configuration|690x241,50%](upload://uzoD8Mco6H48dFj2RCbCp8Auvir.png) **Change the configuration panel to the following settings:** ![configure-panel-method-2|576x500,75%](upload://9lN2b1k1b50Pi8duhmREIDuXBX2.jpeg) Now you should be able to **enable Digital ICE** (if you don't see it scroll down!). Then hit the "**Image Adjustment**" icon. ![digital%20ICE%20and%20color%20control|544x499,75%](upload://jI6IXe7HycH88NDCPwpkfv6fiVx.png) In the Image Adjustment settings panel, **change the Saturation to -27**. *(This number may be slightly different depending on your scanner, but basically, Epson Scan is adding some saturation to the Positive Scan, and we don't want that. This resulting scan with this setting should look very close to the untouched scan from Method 1 - you can play with this if you want, or even leave at 0, but beware over-saturated negatives!)* ![image%20adjustment%20-%20saturation|274x500](upload://6CNfgDTYMU2Qy21fNIz46bdrH9T.png) These should be all the adjustments you need, BUT, if you find that you are having issues with your conversions, you can optionally make adjustments in the Histogram Adjustment panel. **OPTIONAL - probably skip unless you have an issue...** Set the histogram output points to 0 and 255, Then you can adjust the input black point and white point to normalize the scene. Make sure your selected "channel" whenever making adjustments is the Red/Green/Blue combined channel. Beware that the displayed histogram when on this channel is not accurate for each of the color channels, so you may need to "peak" inside each of the color channels to make sure you are clipping any of the individual channels with your adjustment. ![OPTIONAL%20-%20histogram%20adjustments|316x500](upload://79T5pSP8qJ3JBnXelOHWaFS4vrB.png) OK, that's basically it. Check your crop, and hit "**scan**". In the **File Save Settings**", set the **type to "**TIFF**". Then, make sure "Embed ICC Profile" is turned off.** If not, you can go into the options and turn it off. ![epson%20scan%20-%20file%20save%20settings|482x500,75%](upload://Al0kmqFQx5TDNVqFnWowgJ3YacG.png) Import the Tiff into Lightroom, and open Negative Lab Pro. ![Epson%20Scan%20Digital%20Ice%20%20%20Negative%20Lab%20Pro%20-%20convert|690x490](upload://m6KPbtSxQg9vhq31MjySd3gha1D.jpeg) Looks pretty much exactly like METHOD 1, which is what we wanted. Make sure "**Source**" is set to "**TIFF/JPEG scan**". And hit "**Convert Negative**" ![Epson%20Scan%20Digital%20Ice%20%20%20Negative%20Lab%20Pro%20-%20edit|687x500](upload://uSlHceP07E3dUPCtP4luFV2Sg5c.jpeg) BOOM! Looks great AND with that *Digital ICE* is it perfectly clean. *Hooray*! :partying_face: This method also gives us more flexibility down because we can change the scan settings if we want, knowing that we're starting from a neutral place. So be sure to save those settings for future use! ![Epson%20Scan%20-%20save%20settings|690x260,75%](upload://kNMl34zys9UkJxVY6TPKdF7bShT.png) --- ## What's next? From here, there's all kinds of things we can do with your negative scans, but using Negative Lab Pro, and using Lightroom itself. But you can find out more about those things elsewhere in this forum, or in the [Negative Lab Pro guide](https://www.negativelabpro.com/guide). ## Any questions of feedback? Let's hear it below! ------------------------- nate | 2019-06-25 13:52:59 UTC | #2 ------------------------- Stefanhie | 2019-06-25 17:23:04 UTC | #3 Thank you so much for this! This is so helpful! I wanted to give up on scanning before because trying to find the right setting using Epson Scan was so tedious. But then you came out with NLP, which helped a lot. I then wanted to switch to dslr scanning because I still wasn’t super satisfied. Now, I don’t think I’ll need to switch after all! I definitely want to go back & rescan all my negatives now though because I was using no color correction (so no digital ice and lots of dust!) For b&w negatives, do you still have to set the saturation to -27? Found out the hard way not to use digital ice on b&w haha ------------------------- nate | 2019-06-25 17:30:54 UTC | #4 Hi @Stefanhie - great point on black and white - should have mentioned that. Do NOT use Digital Ice on black and white, or you will be in for an unpleasant surprise! The silver crystals in true black and white films confuse the infrared sensors. For black and white, you don't need to worry about changing the saturation. Good luck! -Nate ------------------------- nate | 2019-06-25 22:04:43 UTC | #5 Two quick samples using this method to capture in EpsonScan and then process in Negative Lab Pro in Lightroom (the originals were 14,000 x 14,000 for the equivalent of 196 megapixels, but significantly scaled down for the forum!): ![bw-epson-wetmount-nomyla001epson-color-nlp|515x500,100%](upload://bintziswk7wiqyxIIGZCRPak3DW.jpeg) *These are straight out Negative Lab Pro.* Color Model: "Standard". Tone Profile: "Standard". And on the color image, "AutoColor 2.0 - Warming" (my go-to). ![bw-epson-wetmount002epson-bw-wetmount|535x500](upload://hsveQ5qQKkLd3CnY0CNV9n2pWla.jpeg) Also, folks on the [private Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/negativelabpro/) have been asking for my take on the [Vuescan RAW DNG workflow with Negative Lab Pro](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/creating-raw-dng-files-with-vuescan/23), vs this Epson Scan workflow. Each method has pros and cons... **The advantages of the Vuescan DNG method are:** 1) The ability to use calibrated camera profiles in Lightroom on the RAW data (which is something that can't be done with TIFFs). Just like with regular digital cameras, this means in the future you could get different or better profiles. 2) More up-to-date software that (I think) is a bit easier to use (but not without its own quirks) 3) Way more feature rich than Epson scan - little things I appreciate, like being able to offset or inset the crop area. **The advantages of Epson Scan are:** 1) It's free 2) At least for the v600, their digital ICE is significantly better than Vuescan's. This probably varies by scanner, but I've heard others having the same experience. 2) Epson scan was built for Epsons and it seems to have a better grasp on the limits of your scanner... some of the Vuescan options appear to be available but may silently fail if Ed hasn't figured out how to make it work with your particular model. Bottom line: you can get awesome conversions with either... a lot of it will just come down to your own preferences and which features you want in your workflow. ------------------------- jakobox | 2019-07-01 14:00:31 UTC | #6 Thanks guys for this tutorial. Excited to give this a shot too (currently working on doing low quality contact sheets with the software with a camera on an ipad). One question for you @nate : How are you scanning on the Epson in a way that you're getting the rebate/borders of the film? Is this a third party negative holder? ------------------------- nate | 2019-07-01 14:50:33 UTC | #7 Hi! In this case, I've just wet-mounted the film directly onto the scanner bed using Kami fluid (you can also use a piece of ANR glass to hold it flat, which may work just as well). Every scanner may be a little different in this regard to make sure that the negative is still in focus, but seems to work just fine on my Epson V600. ------------------------- Olli99 | 2019-08-02 15:03:19 UTC | #8 Hello, I am testing Negative Lab Pro with my Epson. One question. Which method is best for good results in Epson Scan with Negative Lab Pro: Scanning in mode with thumbnails (Auto exposure is always on) or Scanning in the mode self-choosing the negatives without Auto exposure. All other settings like in the description above. Thank you Olli ------------------------- tsetso | 2019-10-09 20:36:14 UTC | #9 Hello, now that I updated to macOS Catalina, I had no chance, but update to Epson Scan 2. I'm trying to figure out how to accommodate the settings that Nate shared with the new version, but I can't find the "Digital ICE" option anymore. Has anyone tried it so far? ------------------------- nate | 2019-10-09 21:32:33 UTC | #10 Hmm... good question... I see in the online guides they have a "Dust Removal" setting under the "Advanced Settings" tab, but it isn't clear to me if that is Digital ICE or something else. I actually can't seem to figure out where to even download Epson Scan 2 -- I assumed it was just via the "Epson Software Updater" but that isn't finding it for some reason... ------------------------- tsetso | 2019-10-09 21:56:15 UTC | #11 I wondered about the "Dust Removal" too, but I gave it a shot and the result was far from what I was getting with Digital ICE. There was still quite a bit of dust and some strange artifacts as well. So I assume it's the same "Dust Removal" as in the previous version. To download Epson Scan 2, you have to go to the Support section of Epson's website and enter your scanner model there. You'll find the download link below the "Drivers", it's called "Scanner Driver and Epson Scan 2 Utility v6.4.84". Here's a link to the support page for Epson V600. https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/Perfection-Series/Epson-Perfection-V600-Photo/s/SPT_B11B198011 ------------------------- tsetso | 2019-10-10 15:40:04 UTC | #12 I got response from Epson technical support. They informed me that currently "Digital ICE" is not available in Epson Scan 2 for the V-600. They are working on a fix, but it might take a while. Other Epson scanners that support "Digital ICE" does have that feature, it was just over looked on the V-600. So I guess we're waiting.. ------------------------- nate | 2019-10-10 16:07:39 UTC | #13 Ah, I see the download now. And thanks for following up with Epson! Looks like they've also added a note to the download page: > Please note, at this time, the drivers for Mac OS 10.15.x do not support the Digital ICE functions of the V550 or V600 scanners. What a bummer. Guess I'll hold off on upgrading to Catalina for the time being... ------------------------- tsetso | 2019-10-10 19:18:45 UTC | #14 Yep, I asked them to leave a note in there, so people can decide wether they want to upgrade or wait until "Digital ICE" is supported. As soon as they release an update, I'll give it a test and write back here in the forum. ------------------------- nate | 2019-10-10 21:11:07 UTC | #15 @tsetso you are a good person! 🙂👍 ------------------------- cmdrtango | 2019-10-11 18:54:31 UTC | #16 My Unsharp Mask is always defaulted to ON and in medium settings. Shall I leave it on or turn it off when scanning? ------------------------- seishonagon | 2019-11-11 14:00:09 UTC | #17 Hi, a little side question - I can't find instructions for "wet" scanning on an Epson v600. It seems everyone starts with a V700? Do you use regular KAMI fluid ? ------------------------- nate | 2019-11-13 22:11:27 UTC | #18 Yep, just regular KAMI fluid. I tape off all around the edges of glass inside scanner (so no fluid gets into the scanner), then put tape guides to show me the area of capture. Add a little KAMI fluid, place the film with emulsion side down on the fluid, add more fluid on top, then a layer of optical mylar. Smooth everything out and you're golden! ------------------------- Its.just.val | 2019-11-17 13:08:38 UTC | #19 Hi Nate! I was wondering what would be your recommendation for scanning 35mm film- is it better with the digital camera or Epson Scan? Is there a significant difference between the 2? ------------------------- eames | 2019-11-18 01:06:27 UTC | #20 Great question. I would also love to know which avenue produces the best results for 35mm. ------------------------- nate | 2019-11-18 14:39:29 UTC | #21 Hi! There are pros and cons to each. From what I've seen, though, I think that a good digital camera scan setup will outperform Epson scanners for 35mm film (in terms of resolution and sharpness). And once you get a setup you like, it is much much faster (I can scan an entire roll of 135 film in about 2 minutes with my digital camera setup... it may take almost this long just to scan a single frame on my Epson 600). When it comes to medium format 120 film, though, you may need to shoot a stitch multiple scans with a digital camera to match the sharpness of a good scanner. And stitching together multiple shots can be a real pain and result in distortion. Although, I find for most uses, I'm OK just taking a single shot on the digital camera setup of the 120 film, even if I sacrifice a little detail. The other advantage of a good scanner is having ICE to remove the dust. I'm pretty careful with my film, so I usually end up with very little dust, but for some situations ICE will be a big advantage. Cheers! -Nate ------------------------- Its.just.val | 2019-11-19 20:13:11 UTC | #22 Thanks so much Nate! Yeah it seems to be a great solution for 35mm:) ------------------------- nate | 2019-12-10 14:49:42 UTC | #24 Have you tried the new Epson Scan 2? Have you tried saving the setting so that you can always re-apply it? -Nate ------------------------- tsetso | 2020-01-05 15:16:17 UTC | #25 A new version of Epson Scan 2 was released a few days ago (6.4.86). However, the support for Digital ICE for V550 and V600 scanners is still missing. They are providing users with SilverFast SE which has the iSRD (similar to Digital ICE), free of charge. You can read more here: https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/Perfection-Series/Epson-Perfection-V600-Photo/s/SPT_B11B198011 I asked the support if/when a version of Epson Scan 2 for macOS Catalina will support Digital ICE, but I'm still waiting for an answer, so I'll write back as soon as they reply. ------------------------- tsetso | 2020-01-09 07:30:51 UTC | #26 Ok, the reply I got from the support is this: > Unfortunately, due to licensing issues, we will not be able to provide Digital ICE for these models on OS 10.15 or other 64-bit Mac OS versions going forward. > > We have made arrangements with LaserSoft to provide a copy of SilverFast to affected customers so they may use the dust and scratch removal features with their scanners. Which to be honest is not what I was hoping for since scanning at 48bit using SilverFast is not getting you the iSRD. Something that I used to do with Epson Scan (48bit + Digital ICE). ------------------------- Qiuhong | 2020-01-10 05:00:42 UTC | #27 I've been using the old epson scan app with the setting of 3200dpi and 48bit color for color negative film and would get decent quality scans with about 10mb per photo. However when I updated to the Epson scan 2 for Mac catalina, with the same setting, the photo quality is significantly reduced even at "high quality' setting my photo files are 2-3mb /photo now and the details aren't as crisp as before even though I'm using the same lens and same film. I'm really frustrated and sad, I feel like throwing the whole scanner out the window, please help.... ------------------------- N2S3 | 2020-02-01 14:40:15 UTC | #28 Epson Scan 2 does not detect the film frames. the scan isn't proper in size. 6x6 and 35mm doesn't work ok. If Colourposotives are scanned, they are ok, but negatives don't. there are no professional mode or any other choice to frame the scan-area. I'm using Catalina as well, so there is no way to use the older version. ------------------------- N2S3 | 2020-02-13 15:34:31 UTC | #29 with new version a scan of two strips 120 is possible. Preview scan, than six frames by hand and doing six scans. After that change to LR and NLP. ------------------------- N2S3 | 2020-02-15 13:48:46 UTC | #30 another question. Import of the frames is in TIFF Format. LR doesn't give a tool for White-Balance to point to film border if the picture isn't DNG or RAW. How do that for a Portra 160 Colour Negative Film? ------------------------- burkphoto | 2020-02-19 15:18:11 UTC | #31 There are (at least a couple of) workarounds for running Epson Scan on Catalina. Upgrade to Catalina, install Parallels Desktop, and install Win10 and Epson Scan. OR, Upgrade to Catalina, install Parallels Desktop, and install MacOS 10.14.6 and Epson Scan. Actually, there's no reason users can't keep an external bootable drive with their previous OS X or MacOS system and software on it. I have several that run on my 2013 iMac, all the way from 10.6.8 forward. I use them when I need to re-visit older software that has no replacement, or software that I don't want to replace because I seldom use it. I even keep a 1999 Power Mac G4 for that reason. (I disable the Internet when running older systems, to keep things as secure as possible.) ------------------------- zack_mac22 | 2020-09-15 19:14:53 UTC | #34 Hi Nate Just curious - why did you not use the TIFF Scan Prep tool in this tutorial? ------------------------- nate | 2020-09-16 13:25:26 UTC | #35 [quote="zack_mac22, post:34, topic:345"] Just curious - why did you not use the TIFF Scan Prep tool in this tutorial? [/quote] The output from EpsonScan is gamma 1.8, which should work fine with Negative Lab Pro without the need for TIFF Scan Prep. That tool is only absolutely necessary with gamma 1.0 scans. ------------------------- zack_mac22 | 2020-09-16 13:40:07 UTC | #36 Ahhhhh OK! I thought Epson Scan outputted gamma 2.2. I've been using this method exactly as shown, but I tried it using the TIFF Scan Prep tool in CUSTOM mode with input gamma = 2.2. I tried it side-by-side with the same original TIFF and no Scan Prep and I preferred the colours that I got using the Scan Prep tool! But I'm not exactly sure what the difference was. ------------------------- jlathrop | 2020-09-16 19:50:27 UTC | #37 Hi all, I'm just starting to use NPL and Lighroom as my workflow. Have to say, it's been amazing! BUT I have just one small and probably dumb question. When doing "Tiff Scan Prep", what's better; just double the file in the original or make a new copy in the gamma folder. In any of those cases, should I delete the "original" Tiff file and just keep the gamma? Asking for the sake of HD space. ------------------------- B.Rabbit | 2020-09-26 23:46:28 UTC | #38 Zach! Today I also tried using the Tiff Scan Prep Tool for the first time and compared my results. The tool gave me more natural colors and without it I was getting a very cool/blue look. Only issue is now each image is double the size and even triple if i want to edit via Lightroom adjustments ------------------------- B.Rabbit | 2020-09-26 23:47:37 UTC | #39 I have the same question ------------------------- Charesa | 2020-09-29 12:47:51 UTC | #40 Is the workflow for digital ice positive scans (tiff) still the same for v3? I'm planning on scanning new negatives tomorrow ------------------------- chris-iz | 2020-10-15 17:44:16 UTC | #41 Hey all, I was wondering if there is any news regarding the missing Digital ICE feature in Epson Scan 2 for v600 / v550? I know Epson provides free versions of Silverfast, but I have not been satisfied with the results I get from Silverfast... How are you guys dealing with this situation? Are there any alternatives? Would you recommend using dust removal instead? Regards from Germany Chris ------------------------- dneuman | 2020-11-09 22:29:31 UTC | #42 I like the ICE option, but when I compare my Epson scans to my Sony AR73 scans, the Epson isn't nearly as sharp. Actually the Epson scans are downright fuzzy. Perhaps the focusing mechanism on the scanner isn't working right? ------------------------- piotr | 2020-11-19 20:23:04 UTC | #43 Hi Nate, thanks a lot for the tutorial, trying it right now and getting great results! Did you try by any chance also the saturation value with actual positive films? Would you keep -27 as well? Also reading down the chat, you did some comparison of Epson Scan and Veuscan DNG method. I am not really an expert, just getting into the analog photography and scanning myself, so I don't really know what actual calibrated camera profiles in Lightroom can do in case of film converting? Thanks in advance! P ------------------------- jip | 2021-04-20 02:43:06 UTC | #44 Hi Nate, Been playing with my Epson V850 and your suggestions above and finally think I have cracked the use of color profiles and Digital ICE. The color profiles are made with the bundled i1Profiler software and target. Using this technique the colors seem to come out much better ("natural") and with a more consistent rendition. Steps: 1. Profile your scanner using the i1Profiler software and 4x5 target - when you do this choose "No color correction" in the Epson Scan configuration box. 2. Relaunch Epson Scan and go back to the configuration box - select the ICM checkbox and under Source (Scanner) select the profile you just made and set Target to Adobe RGB (not sure if this setting is important or not, but it is the color space I use in Lightroom. You can now activate Digital ICE (I tend to leave all the other settings untouched) 3. When scanning, in the File Save settings, turn OFF "Embed ICC profile" under Options 4. Crop borders in Lightroom and process in NLP This seems to work extremely well for me - despite profiling the scanner in Vuescan, I found the images produced by Vuescan just "didn't look right" (from a color perspective). Hope these ideas might save people from hours of frustration and experimentation! ------------------------- cbojanower | 2025-08-23 20:13:06 UTC | #45 I am just starting to use your software with an Epson V850. I followed the above directions but I keep running into a problem with the cropping of my film. I realize this is probably an Epson Scan (v 3) problem, but I am hoping you may have a suggestion to correct it. I am using the Epson 35mm strip holder and when I preview the image it crops it wrong. When I crop it as a Transparency, the preview shows about 3/4 of the target image and the remaining is the frame next to it. The odd thing is if I set the software to scan it as a color negative, it previews properly. Any suggestions? ------------------------- vnn | 2025-08-26 11:54:22 UTC | #46 Thanks a lot for sharing your whole process, Nate. I haven’t used my V600 in about three years, and I really wish I had documented my workflow back then. There are quite a few steps involved, so seeing yours laid out like this is really helpful. 🙏 -------------------------